{"id":404727,"date":"2026-09-19T16:48:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/404727\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T16:48:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:48:56","slug":"first-of-three-meets-in-tallahassee-next-on-the-docket-for-xc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/404727\/","title":{"rendered":"First of Three Meets in Tallahassee Next on the Docket for XC"},"content":{"rendered":"

BOCA RATON, Fla. \u2013 Florida Atlantic men’s and women’s cross country head back out onto the course this Friday, in the program’s first of three trips this season to Tallahassee.
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\nFriday morning’s Pre-Regionals meet will take place at Apalachee Regional Park, also the site of the 2026 NCAA South Regionals. The men’s 8K begins at 7:40 a.m., and the women’s 6K is scheduled for 8:20 a.m.
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\nLAST TIME OUT
\nThe squads opened the season two weeks ago, each running a 5K in Jacksonville. The women finished third in the team standings among 19 teams competing, and the men placed eighth of 18. Four new individual all-time Top 10 marks were recorded, and 10 runners made their Owl debut \u2013 six freshmen, two newcomers and two returnees.
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\nTwo other returnees set new personal records (Madison Brown<\/a> and Noah Highsmith<\/a>) in the night’s 5K, as did newcomer Kate Drummond<\/a> in her first FAU meet \u2013 her time of 17:57.8 now ranks ninth-fastest in women’s history. Carter Dieterich<\/a> led the men’s side (15:51.58), fourth now on the all-time ledger, followed closely behind by Highsmith (16:00.39, sixth) and Parker Smith<\/a> (16:06.99, eighth).
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\nTHIS TIME OUT
\nA total of 17 Owls are set to run in Friday morning’s races:
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\nMen’s runners (7) \u2013 Timothy Brannon<\/a> (Fr.), Joseph Coyle<\/a> (Sr.), Noah Curfman<\/a> (Jr.), Carter Dieterich<\/a> (Fr.), Noah Highsmith<\/a> (Sr.), Donovan Petty<\/a> (Jr.), Parker Smith<\/a> (Fr.)
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\nWomen’s runners (10) \u2013 Reese Anderson<\/a> (Jr.), Teegan Anderson<\/a> (Sr.), Madison Brown<\/a> (Jr.), Gaby Castro<\/a> (Fr.), Sophie Dethier<\/a> (So.), Kate Drummond<\/a> (Gr.), Evie Lebrun<\/a> (Fr.), Morgan Pennington<\/a> (So.), Cameron Shelby<\/a> (So.), Ellis Vaughan<\/a> (So.)
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\nTeams taking part Friday are:
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\n\t\t\tMen’s and Women’s
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\n\t\t\tAlabama-Huntsville
\n\t\t\tNova Southeastern
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\n\t\t\tAve Maria
\n\t\t\tPalm Beach Atlantic
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\n\t\t\tBethune-Cookman
\n\t\t\tPasco-Hernando State College
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\n\t\t\tEckerd
\n\t\t\tSeminole State College
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\n\t\t\tEmbry-Riddle
\n\t\t\tSouth Florida
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\n\t\t\tFIU
\n\t\t\tStetson
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\n\t\t\tFlagler
\n\t\t\tTampa
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\n\t\t\tFlorida Atlantic
\n\t\t\tThomas (Ga.)
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\n\t\t\tFlorida Gateway College
\n\t\t\tVirgin Islands University
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\n\t\t\tFlorida Gulf Coast
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\n\t\t\tFlorida Southern
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\n\t\t\tFlorida State
\n\t\t\tWomen’s Only
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\n\t\t\tJacksonville
\n\t\t\tFlorida A&M
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\n\t\t\tLSU New Orleans
\n\t\t\tSouth Florida State College
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\n\t\t\tLynn
\n\t\t\tSouthern Mississippi
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\n\t\t\tMiami
\n\t\t\tTallahassee State College
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\n\t\t\tNew College of Florida
\n\t\t\tUCF
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NEXT TIME OUT
\nThe teams return to Apalachee Regional Park on Friday morning, Oct. 9, for the FSU XC Invitational.
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\nFOLLOW THE OWLS

\nFor complete coverage of FAU cross country and track & field, follow the program on social media @FAUXCTF.
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